Johnie Cooks – the former NFL linebacker who played for the Colts, New York Giants and Cleveland Browns, has died at the age of 64.
Colts owner Jim Irsay confirmed the news on his Twitter, saying: ‘Rest in peace, Johnie Cooks’.
A cause of death has not yet been given. He played 83 games with 74 starts over seven seasons with the Colts.
Cooks won the Super Bowl with the Giants in 1991 and retired at the Browns in 1992.
He was inducted into the Mississippi Hall of Fame in 2004. Cooks had played college football at Mississippi States.
In the NFL Draft in 1982, Cooks was the second choice and went to the Baltimore Colts and was there for six years, including when they relocated to Indianapolis in 1983.
In 1988, Cooks was released and the Giants signed him and three years later, he became a Super Bowl champion.
The Giants edged the Buffalo Bills 20-19 in Florida – a game remembered for Scott Norwood of the Bills missing a 47-yard field goal attempt at the end of the game.
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